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Listening Post (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Researchers at The Leading Question and experts from Music Ally have determined that fewer people are regularly paying for downloads, while the percentage of the population that regularly downloads music from a P2P network is holding steady. They concluded, like...
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The Nashville Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Major players in Nashville's music industry such as the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Association have united to fight against a movement to permit wireless that would share the same frequencies as wireless microphones.
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The Nashville Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Major players in Nashville's music industry -- such as the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Association -- have united to fight an effort that would allow wireless devices to share the same frequencies as wireless microphones.
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Entertainment Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Music industry research warns of shrinking download marketComputerworld, Norway - 27 minutes agoUK music industry luminaries have released a report which claims file-sharing usage has failed to fall while the percentage of music fans regularly paying …
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Mac World UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
New research claims the percentage of music fans regularly paying for downloads is shrinking UK music industry luminaries have released a report which claims file-sharing usage has failed to fall while the percentage of music fans regularly paying for downloads is shrinking.
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PlagiarismToday (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Yesterday, I worked to appease the record industry by buying my first album in years. The results taught me a great deal about the current copyright climate any why there is so much open hostility toward copyright holders.
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SOHH Blogs (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Brooklyn native James Cruz got his start as an intern at Mercury Records over a decade ago and has since become one of the most influential executives in entertainment and marketing today. Cruz served as National Promotions Director at Bad Boy Entertainment before spending a 7 year tenure at Violator Management, where he was instrumental in the careers of 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Sean "Diddy"...
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AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Tanya Anderson, the P2P defendant that was accused by the record industry of stealing music but fought the charges and eventually won has just had another victory, having a significant amount of her substantial fees paid for by the bully record industry. The music industry reps that originally sued her; Atlantic Recording, Priority Records, Capitol...
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In Case You Didn't Know (Free subscription) | yesterday
Victoria Beckham has quashed reports the Spice Girls will reunite for a final time at former South African President Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert this summer, because she has quit the music industry...
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
p2pnet news | RIAA News:- In what's likely be the worst upset yet for Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG and their RIAA, a judge has admitted he made a “manifest error of law” in ruling Jammie Thomas was guilty of copyright infringement. A federal jury in Duluth, Minnesota, decided Thomas had willfully infringed [...]
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Threat Level (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The federal judge who oversaw the RIAA's lawsuit against Jammie Thomas thinks he might have erred with one of his instructions to the jury, and is considering granting a new trial. U.S. District Judge Michael Davis, who presided over the nation's only file sharing case...
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The record industry insisted yesterday that the UK’s legal music download market was growing rapidly as a new report suggested that many online consumers are still resorting to piracy.
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whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | yesterday
“..New Zealand musicians signed or licensed to EMI include Salmonella Dub, Hollie Smith, Golden Horse and Opshop. The moves are part of the crisis at EMI under new management.. ..and the ongoing unravelling of the global music industry due to illegal downloads. The business model is shot..” go to source/story> > Media: Music guru's departure hits bum note - 16 May [...]
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Threat Level (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A federal magistrate is recommending that Tanya Andersen, who defeated the Recording Industry Association of America's file sharing lawsuit, be awarded $108,000 in legal fees. The recommendation by Magistrate John Acosta, if upheld by an Oregon federal judge, would mark the second time that a...
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traderthoughts.com | 01/14/2008
Traderthoughts.com submits: On January 10, Amazon.com announced the addition of Sony BMG Music Entertainment to its repertoire of labels available at Amazon MP3, the DRM-free music store of Amazon.com. With this deal, Amazon is now offering DRM-free MP3s from the four major music labels - EMI, Universal, Warner Music, and Sony BMG - and 33,000 independent labels. This deal puts Apple (iTunes) at a
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molly-the-cat | 10/28/2007
According to a legal document published at the Electronic Frontier Foundation site, the copyright Nazis at Universal Music Group might have bitten off more than they can chew when they ordered the removal of a Dancing baby clip from YouTube. The Dancing Baby is fighting back after music industry copyright nazis ordered it to stop bopping on YouTube...